I know this isn't one of those exciting topics. Listening to people talk about backing up your data is about exciting as listening to your mom tell you to eat your vegetables, but recently I was reminded about how important it is. My wife had planned a night out to...
The question I am asked most when talking tech with other youth workers is, “How do I download video from YouTube?” In the past I used a Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3242 Or sites like: http://keepvid.com/...
In case you missed it, here's the new microsoft commercial with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In fact it was actually kind of funny.
If you're like me you're always on the look our for a shiny new toy. Well today Google is releasing it's own web browser, named Chrome (how's that for shiny?). It's based on webkit, the same technology under the hood of Safari. They've released a comic book to...
We've all had illustrations that didn't quite work how we thought, but I've never ended up at the doctor because of one. Do you have an illustration gone bad story? Share it in the comments, and our favorite wins a download of RaceThis 2 from Simply Youth Ministry....
Have you ever been looking for a resource and couldn’t remember who you lent it to? That is the task set out to be remedied by Delicious Library. All your resources are entered by holding the product’s bar code up to the camera on your computer, and Delicious Library then downloads all the information including an image of the Book, DVD or CD Cover or product image of the drill, microwave, or toy from Amazon’s product database and then places them on the shelf in your virtual library.
YouVersion.com calls itself a revolutionary online Bible, and I it definitely lives up to the claim. It’s part social network and part online Bible. At the base of it, it’s an online Bible that allows you to post your own notes and thoughts on a passage. You can use this to organize your own study notes or even links and pictures, but the real power is you can share it others. This is where the social part comes in. You can have “friends” that you can share your thoughts and notes with. I haven’t really gotten into this yet, but it’s really cool. (My user name is crd55 if you want to be my friend)
Who doesn't like free software? I certainly do, and that's why I check out what is the free offering at GiveAwayoftheDay.com each day. I have gotten a lot of good stuff from them over the last year. They give away a lot of media tools and computer administrative...
Have you ever been to a professional sporting event where they have a race on the Jumbotron where everyone can pick one of three objects to cheer for? That's was Race This! is, dot races for your youth ministry. I don't know how many of you used Race This! Vol 1, but...
What is your Presentation Software of Choice? ( surveys)
